Age (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Creeley
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Death or dying, Old age or elderly people, Aging
As one can see in much of Creeley's later poetry, age and, more specifically, death take center stage. Of course, there is no fear in the poet's voice. Rather, there is a conscious attempt to define and question the sorts of estrangement one comes to in old age. The first line, “Most explicit,” alone makes readers aware of the speaker's devotion to adequately exploring his aged condition. The following nine or ten lines make up the metaphorical significance of that condition “as a narrowing/ cone one's got/ stuck into,” and “any movement/ forward simply/ wedges once more.”...
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